Editing Bette Davis (section)

===In popular culture===
* In 1981, the song "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]", performed by [[Kim Carnes]], won two [[Grammy Award]]s ([[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Record of the Year]]) and spent a total of nine weeks at the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Davis wrote letters to [[Kim Carnes|Carnes]] and the writers of the song, [[Donna Weiss]] and [[Jackie DeShannon]], to thank them for making her "a part of modern times", and said that her grandson now looked up to her. After their Grammy wins, Davis sent them roses.<ref>{{cite book|first= Fred |last= Bronson |year= 1992 |title= Billboard Book of Number One Hits |edition= 3rd |publisher= Billboard Publications, Inc. |location= New York, NY |page= [https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/543 543] |isbn= 0-8230-8298-9 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofn0000bron/page/543}}</ref>

* Other references to Davis are made in [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Desolation Row]]", in the song "Celluloid Heroes" by [[the Kinks]], in the 1990 [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] song "[[Vogue (Madonna song)|Vogue]]", in “Silver Screen Romance” by American rock band [[Good Charlotte]], and in "Girl on TV" by the boy band [[LFO (American band)|LFO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/47696/|title=LFO - Girl On Tv Lyrics - SongMeanings|website=SongMeanings|date=July 10, 2002 }}</ref>  There is also the line "I don't know how you came to get the Bette Davis knees, but worst of all young man, you've got industrial disease" in the hit song 'Industrial Disease' by the band Dire Straits (1982).

* Davis attracted a following in the [[gay subculture]], and was frequently imitated by [[Drag queen|female impersonator]]s such as [[Arthur Blake (American actor)|Arthur Blake]] and [[Charles Pierce (female impersonator)|Charles Pierce]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Charles Pierce as Bette Davis| url = http://www.bochynski.com/charlespierce/davis.htm#top| publisher=Bochynski.com| access-date = August 24, 2008}}</ref> Attempting to explain her popularity with gay audiences, the journalist Jim Emerson wrote: "Was she just a camp figurehead because her brittle, melodramatic style of acting hadn't aged well? Or was it that she was 'Larger Than Life', a tough broad who had survived? Probably some of both."<ref name= MeetingMissDavis />

* In [[House of Wax (2005 film)|''House of Wax'']] (2005), in her attempt to blend in with the other wax figures in the local movie house, the lead female character has to sit through a scene from ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane .''<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2005|title=House of Wax (2005)|url=https://www.popmatters.com/house-of-wax-2496246355.html|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=PopMatters|language=en}}</ref>

* The alleged feud between Davis and Joan Crawford is the subject of the 1989 book ''[[Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud]]''.<ref name="nypost">{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/26/why-bette-davis-and-joan-crawfords-feud-lasted-a-lifetime|title=Why Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's Feud Lasted a Lifetime|first=Robert |last=Rorke|work=[[New York Post]]|date=February 26, 2017|access-date=February 26, 2017}}</ref> It was later depicted in the 2017 television series ''[[Feud (TV series)|Feud: Bette and Joan]]'', with [[Susan Sarandon]] as Davis and [[Jessica Lange]] as Crawford.<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/feud-ryan-murphy-fx-anthology-jessica-lange-susan-sarandon-1201758686|title=''Feud'': Ryan Murphy Lands Third FX Anthology With Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 5, 2016|access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fx-premiere-dates-feud-the-americans-archer-1201959126|title=FX Sets Premiere Dates for ''Feud'', ''The Americans'', ''Archer''|work=Variety|first=Debra|last=Birnbaum|date=January 12, 2017|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref>

* The Bette Davis Picnic Area is in [[Griffith Park]] in Los Angeles. It was named after Davis because she once lived in one of the homes along Rancho Avenue, across the street from the park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bette Davis Picnic Area, Griffith Park |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/departures-field-guides/bette-davis-picnic-area-griffith-park |website=PBSsocal.org |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>